(Photo: Norman Corwin, in studio with Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.) Saturday, August 14, is the 65th anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the end of World War Two.

To many a moviegoer, Elsa Lanchester is just Charles Laughton’s wife; but to Hollywoodians she is the burlesqueen of what is probably the world’s toniest vaudeville palace: Los Angeles ...

The Beachcomber (Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester; TIME, Jan. 2). Trade Winds (Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy; TIME, Dec. 26).